POET LAUREATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poet laureate mean? 

• POET LAUREATE (noun)
  The noun POET LAUREATE has 2 senses:

1. a poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region

2. the poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain

  Familiarity information: POET LAUREATE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POET LAUREATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A poet who is unofficially regarded as holding an honorary position in a particular group or region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

he is the poet laureate of Arkansas

Hypernyms ("poet laureate" is a kind of...):

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The poet officially appointed to the royal household in Great Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the poet laureate is expected to provide poems for great national occasions

Hypernyms ("poet laureate" is a kind of...):

laureate (someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath)

poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))